Medieval silver light coin, help to ID

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Geison Translator

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Posted: 22 Apr 2024, 19:38 #

Hello experts!

I can't find this coin in the Numista catalog or elsewhere

Very thin, seems uniface, might be upside down, looks like somewhat a compass rose

Diameter: 14.5mm

weight 0.35

Same side, different light

The other side seems blank.

Any help or comment will be welcome

Thank you!

Geison

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 22 Apr 2024, 20:04 #

Obverse: Anchored cross, a point at centre.

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

Geison Translator

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Posted: 22 Apr 2024, 20:24 #

Thank you Zac for your reply

Not sure if you mean the link of all austrian states coins but:

I searched all Austrian states coins (Source: https://www.academia.edu/24323330/Silver_Pfennigs_and_Small_Silver_Coins_of_Europe_in_the_Middle_Ages )

Not sure if the catalog is complete but couldn't find any with letters in each point of a star/cross/losang

Also seems the my coin is not minted by vierschlag method.

I really appreciate your help, will keep searching to try to narrow down more information

Thank you again,

Geison

Geison Translator

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Posted: 23 Apr 2024, 01:34 #

Update: Looks like somewhat “Carolingian Monogram” but the letters do not match.

silvergeek Catalogue referee

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Posted: 23 Apr 2024, 01:49 #

Geison
Hello experts!

I can't find this coin in the Numista catalog or elsewhere
Very thin, seems uniface, might be upside down, looks like somewhat a compass rose

Diameter: 14.5mm
weight 0.35

Same side, different light

The other side seems blank.
Any help or comment will be welcome

Thank you!

Geison

putting it this way it seems we have a ER at the top an S to the right and an N at the bottom

silvergeek Catalogue referee

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Posted: 23 Apr 2024, 02:14 #

very much like this

Geison Translator

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Posted: 23 Apr 2024, 02:17 #

silvergeek
very much like this

Wow Thank you very much!

I was hours searching!

I see there are no diameter, that iss why I couldn't find I guess.

You guys are amazing!

Thank you a lot!

silvergeek Catalogue referee

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Posted: 23 Apr 2024, 02:28 #

Geison
silvergeek
very much like this
Wow Thank you very much!
I was hours searching!

I see there are no diameter, that iss why I couldn't find I guess.

You guys are amazing!

Thank you a lot!

yours has the n going the opposite way but probably just a a variant

silvergeek Catalogue referee

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Posted: 23 Apr 2024, 16:41 #

Geison
Hello experts!

I can't find this coin in the Numista catalog or elsewhere
Very thin, seems uniface, might be upside down, looks like somewhat a compass rose

Diameter: 14.5mm
weight 0.35

Same side, different light

The other side seems blank.
Any help or comment will be welcome

Thank you!

Geison

found this listing and honestly I think it could be just the pfennig version of that heller jours measured 15mm and that would be imo more likely to be a pfennig this is also one with the dot in the center and the N going the same way